Body for drays



(No Model.)

H. W. CASE. BODY FOR DRAYS. No. 41Q,491. Patented Sept. 3. 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOMER IV. CASE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

BODY FOR DRAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,491, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed July 11, 1889. Serial No. 317,153. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOMER WV. CASE, of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bodies forDrays; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved dray-body. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section through the same in the line of one of the tie-bolts. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view illustrating another means of binding the parts together.

This invention is an improvement in draybodies; and its object is to provide a strong and durable body composed of wood and metal bars united together, and having certain other novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, as will be clearly understood from the following description and claims.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A designate metallic bars, preferably I-shaped in cross-section, and B B designate wooden bars corresponding in thickness to the height of bars A. These wooden and iron bars are of a length corresponding to the size of body desired, and they are laid alternately-that is, a metallic bar A is placed between two wooden bars, and vice versa-until a sufficient number of them are laid together to form a body of the desired width. In the drawings there are three metal and four wooden bars, as shown. The wooden bars 13 are much wider than the .metal bars, and their edges are received between the side flanges of the latter. Tie-bolts C 0 pass through the several bars, and by means of nuts 0 c the same are bound firmly together laterally, so that movement of the bars independently of each other is prevented.

D designates a strap-iron secured on the edges of the body, as usual.

The outer bars B B are mortised or at b b for the stakes, as usual.

In place of tie-bolts O, cleats E may be gain ed bolted on the under side of the body, as in Fig. 3.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that the I-irons or metallic bars extending longitudinally of and through the body will greatly strengthen the same, especially as they stand edgewise therein and are built into the body. The flanges on the upper edges thereof answer the purpose of the metal straps ordinarily placed on dray-bodies, and which, if secured by bolts, soon work loose, while with the I-irons the flanges are an integral part of the body and cannot be separated therefrom, thereby insuring protection of the wooden bars from splintering and injury when heavy loads are being drawn off or onto the body. By the employment of these angle-iron bars the thickness of the bodies can be materially reduced without decreasing the strength thereof.

Preferably the metal bars are made somewhat longer than the wooden ones, so that when united, as described, the ends of the metal bars project at reara few inches. These projecting ends are connected by a throughbolt or red F, which answers the double purpose of a clamp therefor, and as a support for the skids, which can be readily hooked thereto in loading and unloading.

The necessity for wooden framing is obviated, as the bars, when thus united, form a rigid body throughout,which can be mounted directly upon the axle of the running-gear by proper bolts, or in other convenient manner.

Obviously the number of metallic and wooden bars can be varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The herein described dray body composed of metallic and Wooden bars arranged alternately in the longitudinal plane of the body, for the purpose and substantially as specified.

2. A dray-body composed of metallic flanged bars and wooden bars laid alternately and united, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a dray-body, the combination of longi' tudinal metallic I-bars and longitudinal Too 1o specified.

5. The herein-described dray-body, composed of wooden bars and metallic I-shaped bars arranged alternately and parallel with the length of the body, said metallic bars proj ecting at rear beyond the wooden bars, with the devices for binding said bars together laterally, and the bolt passing through the projecting ends of said metallic bars, for the purpose and all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim'the foregoing as 20 'my own I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HOMER W. CASE. Witnesses:

JAMES DU SHANE, SOHUYLER COLFAX. 

